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ἀμαθής

Third declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀμαθής ἀμαθές

Structure: ἀμαθη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: manqa/nw

Sense

  1. unlearned, ignorant, stupid, boorish, stupid, with too little learning, through ignorance
  2. without knowledge of
  3. not heard of, unknown, an unforeseen course

Declension

Third declension
M/F Neuter
SingularNominative ἀμαθής ά̓μαθες
Genitive ἀμαθούς ἀμάθους
Dative ἀμαθεί ἀμάθει
Accusative ἀμαθή ά̓μαθες
Vocative ἀμαθές ά̓μαθες
DualN/A/V ἀμαθεί ἀμάθει
G/D ἀμαθοίν ἀμάθοιν
PluralNominative ἀμαθείς ἀμάθη
Genitive ἀμαθών ἀμάθων
Dative ἀμαθέσιν* ἀμάθεσιν*
Accusative ἀμαθείς ἀμάθη
Vocative ἀμαθείς ἀμάθη
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective ἀμαθής ἀμαθούς ἀμαθέστερος ἀμαθεστέρου ἀμαθέστατος ἀμαθεστάτου
Adverb ἀμαθέως ἀμαθέστερον ἀμαθέστατα

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • ὅστισ οὖν καὶ πονηρότεροσ καὶ ἀμαθέστεροσ Βατράχου ἐστί, πάνυ δεῖ ἀγαπητῶσ ὑφ’ ὑμῶν αὐτὸν σωθῆναι. (Lysias, Speeches, 57:3)
  • πλεονάκισ δὲ πονηροῖσ ἢ χρηστοῖσ ἐντυγχάνων σοφώτεροσ ἢ ἀμαθέστεροσ δοκεῖ εἶναι αὑτῷ τε καὶ ἄλλοισ. (Plato, Republic, book 3 473:1)
  • ἀμαθέστερόσ γ’ ὢν τοῦ καλοῦ καὶ τῆσ δίκησ. (Euripides, episode, iambic 3:43)

Synonyms

  1. without knowledge of

Similar forms

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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